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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Even if you haven’t completed a healthcare proxy, durable training for healthcare, most states say here’s a list of people who can make that decision in order. And the problem, it goes down in many states to close family members, any friend who knows the patient. Bernie: And so Alex, it was horrible.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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But I do think POLST, which I conceptualize as an advance care planning tool, really sits in between those worlds of decisions that are relevant for the present versus the few future. They said durable power of attorney for healthcare, like assigning a healthcare proxy. That’s not unique to POLST as an order.